Pipe



O. R. FRITZ PIPE.

APPLLCATION FILED -FEB. H, 1920.

1,866,071. Pafented Jan. 18, 1921.

- WITNESSES: Om :gE/fgn A TTOR/V E Y OTTO R.

FRITZ, or roniune ron, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF TC A. ANDERSCN, OF 'IORRINGTON, CONNECTICUT.

PIPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 18, 1921.

Applicationfiled February 17, 1920. Serial No. 359,255.

To all to 710m it may concern:

Be it known that I, O'r'ro It. FRITZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Torrington, county of Litchfield, State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Pipes, of which the following is a spec1- Fig. 2 a longitudinal sectional view of the pipe, showing the cleaner in the position which it occupies when the pipe is in use; and

Fig. 3 shows the cleaner removed. 10 denotes the bowl, 11 the shank, and 12 the stem of the pipe. Through the shank and stem is the usual smoke passageway or duct 13. The cleaner consists of a slender flexible rod 1 1, preferably wire, which ex-. tends through the passageway or duct. The rod is provided at one of its ends with a head 15, which is adapted to rest in the bottom of the bowl, preferably at or, near the center of said bottom, and its other end is bent into the form of a hook 16 which is adapted to rest in a notch 17 in mouthpiece 18 of the stem. The cleaner is preferably made in one piece, that is, the head is integral with the rod, As shown in Fig. 2, the notch in the mouthpiece is made sufficiently deep so that the hook on the rod will be completely out of the .way. The rod, as shown, is of a size which precludes its in terference with passage of smoke through the smokepassageway or duct, and the head is of suflicient sizeto clear the smoke passageway or duct of obstructions when the cleaner is withdrawn from the pipe.

It will be apparent that when the head rests in the bottom of the bowl, the part of the rod which extends into the bowl will. necessarily be raised from the bottom of the bowl. The tobacco is thus kept from packmg to prevent free passage of smoke from the bowl into the shank. be apparent that the pressure of the tobacco on the head and on the portion of the rod which extends into the bowl, will hold the cleaner in its proper position when the pipe is in use. The rod may be bent at any point which lies in the shank or stem to cause it to engage the wall of the passageway or duct to assist in holding the cleaner in its proper position, as will be readily under stood. While I have shown a straight stem pipe, it will be clear that the cleaner of the present invention can be applied to pipes having curvedstems.

Should the smoke passageway or duct become clogged, all that is necessary to be done to clean it out is to withdraw the cleaner. The head will remove the obstructions. The cleaner maybe wiped off, if found necessary, and replaced in the pipe. It will be apparent that the cleaner can be withdrawn andv replaced while the pipe is lighted.

The making of the cleaner in one piece, the largest part of which will slide in the shank and stem, furnishes a very practical cleaner which is conveniently manipulated.

What I desire to claim is z 1. In combination with a pipe provided with abowl and having a smoke duct and a notched mouthpiece, a one piece cleaner consisting of a rod bent at one end to form a hook and carrying at its other end a head, said rod adapted to lie in said smoke duct, said hooked end adapted to lie in the notch ofsaid notched mouthpiece, and said head adapted to lie in the bottom of said bowl.

2. In combination with. a pipe provided with a bowl and having a smoke duct and a notched mouthpiece, a cleaner consisting of a rod provided at one end with ahead and. at the other end with a hook, said rod adapted. to lie in said smoke duct, said hook adapted to lie in the notch of said notched mouthpiece, and said head adapted to lie in the bottom of said bowl, at or near the center of said bottom.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

OTTO a. FRITZ.

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